On another note, we don't seem to produce anything here anymore -- everything comes from China. Many of their household items are total crap, so why would their food products be anything different? Considering the fact that they skin domestic dogs alive for use as fur coat collars, I am sure that they could care less what they are shipping us for pet food.
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I've been complaining about that for years, but according to Adam Smith, we sell them T-Bills to fund our budget deficit and they sell us cheap crap and it all works out.
Here's a post from another thread with a list of high-quality dry food for dogs.
I've been giving my dachshund Innova for years.
-PJ
Here is an article you might want to read, it changed how I feed my pets 9 years ago.
Try ABADY brand, out of New York.
The only problem I've ever heard anyone having with it is that the dog gets the runs because the human feeds too much. Abady is made for carnivores so it doesn't have a bunch of fillers, so you only feed 1/2 - 2/3 as much as you would feed your normal food. So if you normally feed your dog 3 cups of dry food per day, with Abady you only need to feed 1.5 - 2 cups per day. I mix it with warm water. Dogs love it.
Look them up online and find a supplier near you and have a box shipped to you. Try the 20 pound bag to start with to see how you like it. I put a German Shepherd on it who had suffered from allergies for years, and within 2 weeks, he stopped scratching, stopped losing his hair, and several other health improvements.
It's more expensive than commercial food, but not as much as it might seem since you feed less. And the money saved on Vet bills by having a healthy dog make up for it. If I had put that Shepherd on Abady years before, I would have saved a couple thousand in Vet bills.